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# Filterable

`public interface Filterable`
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android.widget.Filterable

Known indirect subclasses ArrayAdapter<T>, CursorAdapter, CursorTreeAdapter, HeaderViewListAdapter, ResourceCursorAdapter, ResourceCursorTreeAdapter, SimpleAdapter, SimpleCursorAdapter, SimpleCursorTreeAdapter
ArrayAdapter<T> | You can use this adapter to provide views for an `AdapterView`, Returns a view for each object in a collection of data objects you provide, and can be used with list-based user interface widgets such as `ListView` or `Spinner`.
CursorAdapter | Adapter that exposes data from a `Cursor` to a `ListView` widget.
CursorTreeAdapter | An adapter that exposes data from a series of `Cursor`s to an `ExpandableListView` widget.
HeaderViewListAdapter | ListAdapter used when a ListView has header views.
ResourceCursorAdapter | An easy adapter that creates views defined in an XML file.
ResourceCursorTreeAdapter | A fairly simple ExpandableListAdapter that creates views defined in an XML file.
SimpleAdapter | An easy adapter to map static data to views defined in an XML file.
SimpleCursorAdapter | An easy adapter to map columns from a cursor to TextViews or ImageViews defined in an XML file.
SimpleCursorTreeAdapter | An easy adapter to map columns from a cursor to TextViews or ImageViews defined in an XML file.

Defines a filterable behavior. A filterable class can have its data constrained by a filter. Filterable classes are usually `Adapter` implementations.

See also:

- `Filter`

## Summary

### Public methods
`abstract Filter` | `getFilter()` Returns a filter that can be used to constrain data with a filtering pattern.

## Public methods

### getFilter

    public abstract Filter getFilter ()

Returns a filter that can be used to constrain data with a filtering pattern.

This method is usually implemented by `Adapter` classes.

Returns
`Filter` | a filter used to constrain data

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